Spawns In PA

[CCFCPETE]

Help Needed.
I run a small PA TDM server,only 10 players but the spawns are a nightmare on all maps.
Ive set the spawn script in the server config to "notvisible" but im still getting players spawning miles apart ,which is a pain in the arse and not good for gameplay on a small server.
Is it possible to delete all standard ingame spawns and re-enter my own where I wish, or even make a spawn pk3 to overite all original spawns in the game ?

[JONAS]

Monday I will try to decompile the map, delete existing spawns, Then recompile the maps with new spawn points.....

If this works out then I will let you know, and you can give me the coords where you want the spawns to be and Ill fix it for you...

Id do it sooner but with all the family home for christmas I cant cocentrate on a darn thing....LOL

[wc-anka]

Originally Posted by CCFCPETE

Help Needed.
I run a small PA TDM server,only 10 players but the spawns are a nightmare on all maps.
Ive set the spawn script in the server config to "notvisible" but im still getting players spawning miles apart ,which is a pain in the arse and not good for gameplay on a small server.
Is it possible to delete all standard ingame spawns and re-enter my own where I wish, or even make a spawn pk3 to overite all original spawns in the game ?

Happy too hear that somebody else have seen this problem.Ihave not played on so many small servers but i have try the bigger one and i have talk too my self many time.I have too say that i dont like the spawn points in the game.For ex if the server is running 5 sec for respawn then you can respawn on the same place where you died and then be shoot by the same player 2-4 times beacuse he is just standing in that area.
Ihave only seen one map file and what i can see the spawns are all in the same spot,they have put out 10 spawns on the same spot.So JONAS make a server side of this if you can so the spawns are a lot different

[CCFCPETE]

Originally Posted by JONAS

Monday I will try to decompile the map, delete existing spawns, Then recompile the maps with new spawn points.....

If this works out then I will let you know, and you can give me the coords where you want the spawns to be and Ill fix it for you...

Id do it sooner but with all the family home for christmas I cant cocentrate on a darn thing....LOL

Hi Jonas thanx for the reply Im hoping you can sort it,But i might be able to help out a bit?.
Where do i find the spawn points in the game (What pak rez & folder is it).
Ive put static weapons in my server but never tried spawns.
Was listening to you last night on team speak talking to some guy about textures in maps,was very interesting.I was connected as Rabas_19,great idear you had the with the teamspeak.Hope you dont mind me connecting and just listening to what pepole has to say.
Keep up the good work Jonas:beers:
Regards
Pete

[JFrank(GD)]

Originally Posted by CCFCPETE

Help Needed.
I run a small PA TDM server,only 10 players but the spawns are a nightmare on all maps.
Ive set the spawn script in the server config to "notvisible" but im still getting players spawning miles apart ,which is a pain in the arse and not good for gameplay on a small server.
Is it possible to delete all standard ingame spawns and re-enter my own where I wish, or even make a spawn pk3 to overite all original spawns in the game ?

Your problem sounds like your spawn pool setting. If you want them close setting them to "notvisible" means you wont see them spawn as far as distance.

If you want lots of "action" it sounds like you would want to use "closest".

[JONAS]

The spawns are all in the map its self... to see them you have to decompile the bsp file, from their you can edit models and spawns and such.

I have not tried it but when you re-compile the map it may not work quite right.
but I will try it and see...

[Daj]

Try this... best we found so far...


set dm_playerspawn_method "Team"

[doomsday]

on my server if lag is an issue I use Random myself cuz the readme says "random" - players will spawn in a random location. This is the least
computationally expensive (fastest) method.